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Couchsurfing, I love you, but y'all have a horrible business model. Between 2017 & 2019, I hosted about Couchsurfers. I initially paid to verify my identity,
by PopeDotNinja 6y ago
Couchsurfing, I love you, but y'all have a horrible business model.
Between 2017 & 2019, I hosted about Couchsurfers. I initially paid to verify my identity, and I paid a few dollars per quarter (I forget how much) to maintain my membership. Then I needed to change my credit card. There was literally no option to change my credit card. In order to change my credit card, I had to let me credit card expire. Wat.
In there recent email about running out of money, they were looking for people to spend $2.49 USD/month or $14.99 USD/year. I was like "hey, I can finally support them!" So I clicked on the link, and because I already have a verified membership, there was still no option to pay. I contacted support asking how I could pay, and instead of giving me a way to send them cash, they gave me ANOTHER FREE YEAR of verified membership. Wat.
Maybe start a Patreon? It'd be hard to screw that one up.
- PopeDotNinja 6y agoWas supposed to say "hosted about 50 couch surfers".